News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake, sentenced Tyrone Robert Bailey, age 28, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jesse Mansir, 31, of Gardiner, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 51 months in prison and three years of supervised release for pharmacy robbery. He pleaded guilty to the charge on Oct. 28, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Terrance Douglas, 35, of Bennettsville, South Carolina and Bangor, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to distribute cocaine, cocaine base and heroin; possession with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base and heroin; and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A business owner of Chicago based prepaid phone stores pleaded guilty yesterday to federal income tax fraud, admitting that he filed four false tax returns, resulting in a tax loss to the United States of more than $174,093, beginning in 2009. The defendant, Ken Leon, 47, of Westmont, pleaded...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: In Del Rio yesterday, a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against a Texas Syndicate member for various violations of federal racketeering offenses committed in Uvalde, San Antonio and the surrounding areas announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs of the FBI’s San Antonio Division. The Defendant faces life in prison for each racketeering offense he has been found guilty of committing.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office is seeking public comments on a draft environmental assessment for proposed CO2 wells near Gardner.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Abdoulaye Diallo, 50, and Lassana Nianghane, 51, both of Philadelphia, PA, were charged by indictment, unsealed today, with conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Both defendants were arrested today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, CA - On April 2, 2015, a 17 year old hiker.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Mechanicville Man Receives 60 Years for Producing Visual Depictions of Sexually Explicit Conduct with Two Young Girls.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Two men who were responsible for distributing large quantities of unlawful synthetic cannabinoid products have entered guilty pleas in federal court, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: PRESS RELEASE. INDIANAPOLIS - Josh J. Minkler, United States Attorney, announced today that Logan Mediate, 21, a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana, was sentenced to prison by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt to 156 months (13 years) imprisonment following his guilty plea to tampering with a federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: Ronald Herron (aka “Ra Diggs") Murdered Three People In Defense Of His Crack Cocaine Trafficking Network In The Gowanus And Wyckoff Housing Developments.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Courtney Stone, 38, of Newport, Rhode Island, pled guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to five counts of wire fraud and one count of corruptly impeding the due administration of tax laws, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: In El Paso this morning, IRS agents arrested 60-year-old Belia Mendoza, the owner of Mendez Tax Service, and three of her employees in connection with an alleged fraudulent tax return preparation scheme announced Acting United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr. and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge William Cotter.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Columbus-area man, who surrendered to authorities shortly after being featured on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Operation Predator App pleaded guilty Thursday to child exploitation charges.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson today announced the release of Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Notices of Funding Opportunity for nine DHS preparedness grant programs totaling more than $1.6 billion. The grant programs provide funding ...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 Washington, D.C. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced the transition of the Next-Generation Incident Command System (NICS), a full-time emergency ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 2, 2015 – The U.S. Food Waste Challenge calls on organizations and businesses across the food supply chain to join the fight against food waste. In advance of World Health Day on April 7th, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is reaffirming its commitment to reduce food waste with the launch of a new food application.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has indicted four people in connection with an international counterfeit currency operation headquartered in the African nation of Uganda, announced U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The indictment, returned on April ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2015
News Release: A former trader at ConvergEx Global Markets Limited (CGM Limited) pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in New Jersey for his role in a scheme to falsify the books and records of a registered U.S. broker-dealer. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal ...
